• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제26권6_2호
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• pp.1155-1162
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• 2023

The Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO), which is developing the core technology for the buoyancy engine of underwater gliders, has developed a test module that can vertically ascend and descend with a buoyancy engine to verify the performance of the developed buoyancy engine. The independent test module was tested in a 15 metre deep pit in the Ocean Engineering Basin to verify its ability to ascend and descend. In order to test at a shallower depth than the real sea, it was necessary to know the negative buoyancy value during descent and the time at which the buoyancy engine would be activated. To do this, we solved the equation of motion in the vertical direction to obtain these values and applied them to the tank test. To validate the usefulness of solving the equation, we also compared the depth of descent over time measured in the test with the results calculated from the solution.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.629-634
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• 2024

The Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO) has developed a test module that can vertically ascend and descend with a buoyancy engine to verify the performance of the developed buoyancy engine. The independent test module has been tested in the Ocean Engineering Basin(C.M.Lee et al., 2023). After that, more tests were performed in the Deep Ocean Engineering Basin and at sea. In the 50-meter depth pit test of the Deep Ocean Engineering Basin, there were no problems with the ascent and descent operations, but the buoyancy engine was not properly maintained due to various problems in the independent test module, resulting in a difference between the calculated results using the solution of the equations of motion and the actual measurement results. The East Sea test was conducted at a depth of approximately 110 meters north-east of Pohang, with a dive to 100 meters. The difference between the pressure sensor value and the calculated value was observed, but after checking the results of the underwater position tracking device(USBL, Ultra Short Base Line system), it was estimated that the difference was caused by the influence of the current.

• 한국에너지공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국에너지공학회 1999년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.231-236
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• 1999

This paper is to propose a concept and performance of the gravity engine which could extract energy from sea or river as a clean and renewable and sustainable power, the tidal or hydro-power. The vertical motion of the buoyancy cylinder of the present gravity engine is converted to the mechanical work directly without any hydraulic loss. The increased gravity potential during high tide is harnessed proportional to the length of the buoyancy cylinder times tidal height which is greater than the conventional tidal power using water mill. This energy amplification results from the net energy gain between the resource energy and the imposed energy to extract water out of the buoyancy cylinder. Its efficiency is higher than the conventional water mill due to its direct mechanical conversion.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 고정밀 항로 탐색 기능과 장기 임무 수행 능력이 장점인 하이브리드 수중 글라이더의 제어에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 하이브리드 수중 글라이더의 동적 모델링은 자세 제어기와 부력 엔진, 추진기의 수치 모델을 기반으로 하였다. 하이브리드 수중 글라이더의 부드러운 제어와 정밀한 항해를 고려하여 제어 시스템을 설계하였다. 물을 흡입 할 수 있는 부력 엔진은 선체의 부력을 제어하도록 설계되었다. 그리고 배터리를 탑재한 질량 이동체는 선체의 피칭 동작을 제어 할 수 있도록 설계되었다. 또한 부력 엔진 및 자세 제어기를 제어하기 위한 제어 시스템이 구성하였다. 성능을 확인하기 위해 제작된 모델을 사용하여 수조 시험을 수행하였다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2000

This paper is to propose the concept and performance of a gravity engine which could extract energy from sea or river as a clean. renewable and sustainable power. the vertical motion of the buoyancy cylinder of the present gravity engine is converted to the mechanical work directly without any hydraulic loss. The positive net energy between the imposed and harnessed one is achieved by the specific operating procedure. The detailed derivation of the energy balance is made based on the first principle of thermodynamics. The calculation demonstrates that the present gravity engine could harness more energy than the conventional turbine system in the same basin area because of the relatively high efficiency in the energy conversion system and added mass from the buoyancy cylinder.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.537-543
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• 2017

수중글라이더(UG; underwater glider)는 지속적인 해양관측 탐사를 목적으로 개발된 장기운용 가능한 수중로봇이다. 원통형의 일반적인 수중글라이더는 단일 부력엔진과 자세제어기를 통해 추진하기 때문에, 운동조종성능 측면에서 효율적이지 못하다. 본 논문에서는 기존 원통형 수중글라이더의 부력제어 및 운동제어성능을 개선하기 위해 이중부력엔진을 탑재한 가오리 형태의 수중글라이더를 소개한다. CFD(computational fluid dynamics) 해석을 수행하여 설계된 형상의 글라이드 운동에 대한 유체저항성능을 해석한다. 산출한 유체력 계수를 바탕으로 운동 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 운동성능을 비교 분석한다. 가오리 형태의 수중글라이더 소형 축소모델을 제작하고, 제어시스템을 구성하여 기초 성능시험을 수행한다.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.343-350
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• 2017

Underwater glider with a single buoyancy engine could generally obtain propulsive forces by moving the center of buoyancy and gravity. Futhermore, The hull and internal structure of underwater glider are designed according to the purpose of long-time operation, high speed and a wide variety of payloads (sensors, communications and etc.). In this paper, Ray-type underwater glider featuring flatfish is considered in view of hydrodynamics. The hull design is especially performed by the analysis of fluid resistance and dynamic performance. The resistance performance is analyzed using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). In addition, a simulation program is implemented in order to verify the validity of dynamics modeling and dynamic performances.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.466-473
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• 2014

Underwater gliders do not have any external propulsion systems that can generate and control their motion. Generally, underwater gliders would obtain a propulsive force through the lift force generated on the body by a fluid. Underwater gliders should be equipped with mechanisms that can induce heave and pitch motions. In this study, an inner movable and rotatable mass mechanism was proposed to generate the pitch and roll motions of an underwater glider. In addition, a buoyancy control unit was presented to adjust the displacement of the underwater glider. The buoyancy control unit could generate the heave motion of the underwater glider. In order to analyze the underwater dynamic behavior of this system, nonlinear 6-DOF dynamic equations that included mathematical models of the inner movable mass and buoyancy control unit were derived. Only kinematic characteristics such as the location of the inner movable mass and the piston position of the buoyancy control unit were considered because the velocities of these systems are very slow. The effectiveness of the proposed dynamic modeling was verified through sawtooth and spiraling motion simulations.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권7호
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• pp.709-715
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• 2015

일반적인 무인잠수정과는 달리 수중 글라이더는 별도의 추진체를 가지지 않고 부력과 중력의 차이에 의해서 추진력을 얻게 된다. 추진력을 얻기 위해 부력을 조절하게 되며, 부력의 변화는 부력엔진을 이용하며 수중 글라이더의 체적을 변화시킨다. 또한, 수중 글라이더의 자세를 제어하기 위해 별도의 방향타를 사용하지 않고 내부의 자세제어기를 이용하여 내부 이동질량의 위치변화를 이용한다. 내부 이동질량의 위치변화에 의한 질량중심과 질량관성모멘트의 변화가 발생하게 되며 이로 인해 수중 글라이더의 자세가 변화하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 수중 글라이더의 기구학적 특성과 운동특성을 반영한 비선형 6자유도 운동방정식을 유도하고 이를 이용한 운동 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 자세제어기를 이용하여 수중 글라이더의 종동요각과 횡동요각 제어 운동 시뮬레이션을 수행하였으며, 종동요각과 횡동요각 제어에 따른 수중 글라이더의 운동특성을 해석하였다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.454-459
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• 2003

The one of the most important subject to develop a LPDi engine is to suppress the generation of bubble inside LPG direct injector. For the purpose of this, in this study, the analogy visualization injector to visualize the generation and behavior of bubble, is manufactured and the bubbling phenomenon and behaviors are visualized and studied. The bubble inside the injector is generated at injection hole and after rising by buoyancy, it disappear around the top of a nozzle. The number of bubble generated is little changed regardless of the lapse of time but it is increased remarkably as the temperature around the injector is increased. With injection, the temperature around the injector at which the bubble is generated in_cylinder is much lower than that without injection because the transient pressure drop of fuel by injection.